Comparison

MoveX vs Arc Timeline Recorder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MoveX

This app automatically tracks your daily activities, places visited, and time spent with others. It provides weekly journals with personalized insights to help you understand your past and plan for the future, boosting productivity and habit building.

Highlights
  • Automatic step counting and tracking
  • Calorie burn calculation
  • Activity and route mapping
  • Editable daily timeline
  • Integration with Apple Health
  • AI-powered activity analysis
  • Data export (GPX, CSV)
Features
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MoveX automatically keeps track of your time and presents your life sorted into slices. It shows you your daily activities, places you go, and who you spend time with. MoveX weekly journal provides personalized insights and clarity to your week passed. Start each week with a look back. Remember where you’ve been and vision where you’re going. Life is precious and so is your time. And keeping that in mind, MoveX is here to help you achieve more of your goals, build a sustainable habit, and boost your productivity to a new height. A powerful pedometer! GPS Diary tracks your daily routes. Track your all-day activity without wearing a fitness gadget. Move X is the best Activity Diary and Step Counter because of its features: - Use your iPhone as a Step Counter & Step Tracker. Move X lets you easily keep track of your daily and weekly step counts without affecting your battery life. - Move X calculates calorie burn for your activities. You can also view your daily idle calorie burn. Seeing your everyday exercise helps you think about your life in a new way. Start with small changes that can lead to healthy habits and natural weight loss. - It displays your step count, walking distance, active calories, and heart rate data. It also generates charts for different time periods to help you view the statistics for all dates. - Move X automatically records your walking, cycling, and running, tracks your distance traveled using various modes of transportation, and keeps a record of your sleep time, among other things. - It generates an editable timeline based on all your data for the day to help you better document your life. - It displays all your routes on a map. - All tracking is automatic; there's no need to manually turn it on or off. - It provides in-depth integration with Apple Health to provide you with comprehensive health data. - It collates place statistics, average visit durations, average calories burned, heartrate, and more. - It provides daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly activity summaries showing duration, distance, calories burned, and much more for every activity type. - GPS tracking with 24/7 recording. - It automatically checks in at your location and calculates the duration of your stay. - It displays your real-time location, including a compass to help you get your bearings. - AI analyzes your travel or exercise mode, such as walking, running, cycling, taking public transportation, and more. You can also manually select from 16 different sports, including skiing, swimming, horseback riding, and rowing. - Multiple data display formats, including activity timelines, map routes, and data statistics, help you better analyze your travel activities. - Multiple sharing options, including picture trails, map routes, and 3D video, can bring you more sense of accomplishment. - You can export and generate various standard data files, such as GPX and CSV. - There are no ads, and your data is encrypted and stored securely, so no one except you can access it. If you need to track your work: - Track all the places you have visited and the duration of your stay. It can automatically record your visits whether you're visiting clients or traveling on business. - Record your work hours at the company and generate a commuting report to track your work hours per week/month. - Export .csv files for easy reimbursement. If you love to travel: - Automatically record your travelfootprints and light up the cities you have visited on a world map. - Import your previously visited places from your photo album to display your complete journey. - Share your travel route map with a 3D video to tell your travel story. - Export .gpx files that you can import into other tools like Google Maps. - This is the perfect app to replace Moves, and it can meet all your needs. We're always working hard to make it even better. Privacy Policy: https://www.movex.me/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.movex.me/terms-of-use.html

About

Arc Timeline Recorder

This app acts as a backup for timeline recording. It runs in low power mode and takes over if the main timeline app is closed, ensuring continuous data capture without interruption.

Highlights
  • Background recording
  • Low power standby mode
  • Automatic takeover on app termination
  • Ensures uninterrupted timeline data
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Arc Timeline Recorder is a companion app to Arc Timeline and Arc Mini. Leave Arc Timeline Recorder running in the background, and it will stay in low power standby mode until needed. If Arc Timeline or Arc Mini is terminated, and there is risk of a data gap in your timeline data, Arc Timeline Recorder will take over the recording role, and ensure that timeline recording continues uninterrupted.

Screenshots

MoveX4 screens
Arc Timeline Recorder2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MoveX at 3.7 against Arc Timeline Recorder's 3.0. MoveX also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Arc Timeline Recorder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MoveX sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Arc Timeline Recorder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MoveX holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MoveX has 417 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of MoveX's written reviews are positive against 0% of Arc Timeline Recorder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoveX ships an update every 3 weeks, Arc Timeline Recorder every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MoveX versus Arc Timeline Recorder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoveXArc Timeline Recorder
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (417 ratings) — better3.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings417 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer少星 高Matthew Bruce Greenfield

Customer experience

MoveX

All ratings417 ratings
Positive65.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews384 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative62.5%

Arc Timeline Recorder

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

MoveX

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tracking stops working unexpectedly
  • Fails to import data from the original Moves app
  • Inconsistent performance after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to edit tracked activities and locations
  • Support for imperial units (miles, feet)
  • Integration with other fitness/health apps
  • Backup and restore functionality

Arc Timeline Recorder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

MoveX

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • weekly$5.997 Days
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  • Quarterly Subscriptions3 Days trial$12.993 Months
  • Half-yearly subscription3 Days trial$23.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$42.991 Year
None

Arc Timeline Recorder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoveX free?
MoveX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arc Timeline Recorder free?
Arc Timeline Recorder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MoveX or Arc Timeline Recorder?
MoveX is rated higher. MoveX averages 3.7 out of 5 from 417 ratings, while Arc Timeline Recorder averages 3.0 from 8 ratings.
Do MoveX or Arc Timeline Recorder have ads?
Neither MoveX nor Arc Timeline Recorder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoveX or Arc Timeline Recorder?
MoveX ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arc Timeline Recorder every 5 months. Most recently, MoveX was updated on October 21, 2026 and Arc Timeline Recorder on October 28, 2026.

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